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Calotte Hat

Description: Calotte style hat of black velvet. Crown has cut-away sections that expose net lining. At front left and right are pink and blue faceted decorative stone trim pieces edged in white pearl beads. Short black net veil with chenille dots. Stamp on inside crown: "Made in France" Designer's label: "Hattie Carnegie / Inc. / Original" Retailer's label below designer's label: "Weathered / Misses Shop / Chicago"
Date: 1930
Creator: Carnegie, Hattie
Item Type: Refine your search to only Physical Object
Partner: UNT College of Visual Arts + Design

Vest

Description: Men's white cotton waistcoat/vest with very fine blue pin stripe. Single vested closure of five pearl buttons; four welt pockets. Adjustable waistband with metal buckle. Cotton lining and back. Label inside waistband: RWW Rosenwald & Weil Makers Chicago
Date: 1930
Creator: Rosenwald & Weil
Item Type: Refine your search to only Physical Object
Partner: UNT College of Visual Arts + Design

[Telegram from Lions International, Chicago, Illinois to T. N. Carswell - May 10, 1930]

Description: A postal telegraph sent to T. N. Carswell, Chamber of Commerce Bldg. Abilene, Texas, from Lions International, Chicago, Illinois, dated May 10, 1930. Lions International explains the effort of the Club to reach 100 percent on reports this month and a request for support from Carswell in getting reports from Albany, Aspermont, Cisco, Merkel, Roscoe and Winters.
Date: May 10, 1930
Creator: Lions International
Item Type: Refine your search to only Text
Partner: Hardin-Simmons University Library

[Santa Fe Train in Chicago]

Description: Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway's Train No. 6, northbound headed by Engine No. 3422, a Pacific type 4-6-2, with a consist of ten steel cars rolls past the Chicago suburbs near Weston Avenue on August 14, 1932.
Date: August 14, 1932
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Museum of the American Railroad

The American Legion Drum and Bugle Corp at Their 1933 Convention in Chicago

Description: This much-battered picture has obviously been pinned to a cork-board in order for it to be made into a photograph. Enough of the legend at its bottom survives to proclaim that the picture commemorates the attendance of the Drum and Bugle Corps of Mineral Wells' Farris Anderson Post No. 75, at a national convention of the the American Legion, in Chicago, Illinois, on October 2-5, 1933. The photograph was taken, the legend states, compliments of the Majestic Hotel. Please note: The Americ… more
Date: October 1933
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Boyce Ditto Public Library

10 Tricks to Teach Your Dog

Description: Booklet offering dog training advice and instructions for teaching tricks to a dog. The booklet includes extensive advertising for Cooper Products used to clean and treat dog fur for a variety of pests and ailments.
Date: 1934
Creator: William Cooper & Nephews, Inc.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Pamphlet
Partner: Rosenberg Library

[Postcard of Chicago World's Fair Fountain by Night]

Description: Postcard of a fountain lit by many soft colors. The back of the postcard adds, "Magnificent lighting effects in five colors - green, red, amber, blue, and white - will make the spectacle unlike everything else in the world. 40 feet high and 200 feet wide, at the south end three single high sprays about the dome throw water 75 feet into the air." The message on the back reads, "Do wish you + Mamie could come to see the fair. It is worth seeing I think. I have spent three days there all day and a… more
Date: September 21, 1934
Item Type: Refine your search to only Postcard
Partner: McFaddin-Ward House Museum

Skirt suit

Description: Suit of navy blue wool twill and navy blue and white houndstooth check. A) Jacket has fronts of the check and everything else is of the navy blue. V-neck with pointed collar applied, single breasted closing with 5 self covered buttons and bound buttonholes, neckline and front trimmed with a piping of red wool, princess seams, long sleeves with pointed turn-back cuffs, fully lined. Designer label: Curry's / Chicago B) Skirt straight-line, side zipper, kick pleat at back hem.
Date: 1935/1945
Creator: Curry, Grace
Item Type: Refine your search to only Physical Object
Partner: UNT College of Visual Arts + Design

Chemical Composition

Description: Benjamin R. Harris' legal patent from the United States Patent Office, on the chemical compositions he created which are products with hydrophyllic characters and explaining how he forms them.
Date: December 3, 1935
Creator: Harris, Benjamin R.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Patent
Partner: Moody Medical Library, UT

[Client Card: Mr. John David Brcin]

Description: Client card describing work completed at the Roman Bronze Works Foundry for Mr. John David Brcin, including a job number, brief description, monetary amount, and dates associated with each entry. Pieces included: "Portrait Bust", "Stephen Decatur", "Bust of Mark Twain" (28", base), "Female Portrait Bust" (14.5"; base 6.25" x 6.75"), "Portrait Bust" (20"; base).
Date: 1936-02/1974-08
Creator: Roman Bronze Works Foundry
Item Type: Refine your search to only Text
Partner: Amon Carter Museum

Hat

Description: Hat of black felt. "Pancake" style hat with low, domed crown of black felt slightly "puffed out" at top. Around base of crown is tied ribbon made of white Birdseye pique, with self bow at each side. Hat has wide circular black felt brim, set slightly off-center to back around crown. Inner black grosgrain ribbon hatband. Black felt back strap lined with black grosgrain ribbon secure hat to wearer's head. Labels: Retailer's label on inside band: "Carson Pirie Scott & Co. / Chicago" Addition… more
Date: 1938/1944
Item Type: Refine your search to only Physical Object
Partner: UNT College of Visual Arts + Design

[Picture postcard of Soldiers' Field and the Field Museum, Chicago; from R. H. Carswell addressed to T. N. Carswell - 1938]

Description: A picture postcard showing a rendered aerial view of Soldiers' Field and the Field Museum in Chicago, IL. The reverse side includes correspondence to "Uncle Norwood-" [Mr. T. N. Carswell],, Chamber of Commerce, Abilene, Texas from "your nephew R. H. C" [R. H. Carswell], postmarked Fort Wayne, Indiana, June 14, 1938. R. H. Carswell writes to T. N. Carswell that he is having a good time and advises that he was sent to Chicago by International Harvester Co. of Jacksonville, Fla., his company of tw… more
Date: 1938
Creator: Carswell, R. H.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Text
Partner: Hardin-Simmons University Library

[Client Card: Mrs. C. H. Chadwick]

Description: Client card describing work completed at the Roman Bronze Works Foundry for Mrs. C. H. Chadwick, including a job number, brief description, monetary amount, and dates associated with each entry. This work order includes a bronze cast head.
Date: May 1938
Creator: Roman Bronze Works Foundry
Item Type: Refine your search to only Text
Partner: Amon Carter Museum
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